Saddam Emiruddin Gaffar (born 24 September 2001) is an Indonesian professional

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who plays as a striker for Liga 2 club Bekasi City.

Club career

PSS Sleman

Gaffar made his first-team debut for Sleman in the

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, a pre-season tournament ahead of the 2021 Liga 1 season, in which he scored two goals.

International career

Gaffar debuted for the Indonesia U-19 team in the 2019 AFF U-19 Youth Championship and scored his first goal in the U-19 squad when it faced Saudi Arabia U-19 in a friendly on 11 September 2020. He received a call up to the senior

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in May 2021. He earned his first senior cap in a 25 May 2021 friendly match in

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against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

PSS Sleman * Menpora Cup third place:

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Indonesia U-19 *

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third place:

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Saddam Gaffar
at Liga Indonesia * 2001 births Living people Indonesian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Indonesia men's international footballers Indonesia men's youth international footballers Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players PSS Sleman players F.C. Bekasi City players People from Jepara Footballers from Central Java 21st-century Indonesian sportsmen {{Indonesia-footy-forward-stub